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Education

Oct. 21, 2011

Unions mull millionaires' tax to pay for education

Seizing on the momentum of protests nationwide against corporate greed, a California teachers union is in talks with other labor groups to try to push a so-called "millionaires' tax," similiar to an earlier effort that passed legal muster.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SACRAMENTO - Seizing on the momentum of protests nationwide against corporate greed, a California teachers union is in talks with other labor groups to try to push for a so-called "millionaires' tax" on next November's ballot to help pay for education.


The effort by the California Federation of Teachers could open a new theater of battle for the state's tax reformers to duke it o...

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